I may be after one of these.

Question is, which one? I don't want to spend a fortune, and I know the likes of Wacom are highly regarded. Size-wise, I think A5 or possibly even A6 would be OK, it's just to do some simple writing / graphics.

Other requirement: drivers for 64bit version of Windows.

So what do you recommend?

Wacoms are superb, can't fault them, but the feature set will mostly go unused if you're just doing bits and pieces. Trust make some great ones at very good prices that'll be more than sufficient, but you'd need to check for specific driver support.

Trust - Tablets

Edit: just checked, 64 bit is go!

Would say the same. Some guys at work have them and they're always Wacoms, usually at A5, but there's an A4 one about somewhere

Wouldn't know about x64 support, but would be hopeful - given the environments they get used in.

Have heard good things about the Trust ones too, so that's probably where I'd go if I were buying it myself.

Steve

Well, picked up a Trust TB-6300 tablet this morning. Works rather well in Windows 7 and the 64 bit drivers actually seem to work properly :eek:

However, using it in photoshop is a different matter - I just can't get pen / brush pressure working. Doing a bit of googling, it looks like it's a real hit and miss affair :(

Of course, if you get a Wacom, you're more likely to get it supported, but looking at the responses from searches, it appears like a finger pointing exercise: Adobe seem to say it's up to the tablet manufacturer to support pressure levels and tablet manufacturers seem to say unless you're in Adobe's circle of trust (i.e wacom and a few select others), they don't allow you to use it :confused:

I've emailed Trust and will await their response, but I fear it'll be a "we have not implemented pressure support in photoshop and have no plans to either" kind of answer :(

That's odd - I've never used a Trust that struggled with Photoshop before. I take it you have the latest drivers rather than the retail set, and brush dynamics is switched on in Photoshop?

That's odd - I've never used a Trust that struggled with Photoshop before. I take it you have the latest drivers rather than the retail set, and brush dynamics is switched on in Photoshop?

Yup.

Excuse my scribbles please

Actually, I think it might be because for some reason the OS thinks the tablet is a mouse.

I've tried getting pen flicks working and when I go through the pen flicks training, I get a "You cannot use a mouse to perform a flick. Try again using your tablet pen". But I am

Maybe it's a Windows 7 bug :confused:

You had chance to try it with Vista or WinXP yet Xav?

Steve

Got an answer from Trust:

Dear customer' date='

Thanks for your contact .

We regret to inform you that this product is not fully compatible with Photoshop CS3 or CS4.

Best regards,

Karla A. Vera

Trust International Service Center.[/quote']

Well, there goes that idea. I'll have a play with Gimp

think they should change their name to "don't trust"....

Ahh sorry mate, didn't know that - I'm still using CS2 :|

Hmm maybe I could try reinstalling my old copy of CS2.

They said it didn't with 3 or 4 but with my luck and cynnicism, that doesn't mean it would work with CS2.

Not too much of a problem, I can live without the pressure stuff. My drawing isn't exactly picasso

Just bought a Wacom Bamboo (small one) and so far very impressed - pressure sensitive bit works with Paintshop Pro. It's about the same size as a mouse pad so fits easily on the desk.

Been using it instead of a mouse for the last few minutes and feels so much more natural.

But I still don't know if the bamboo is supported by photoshop.